Arthur Bremer

Arthur Bremer (21 August 1950-) was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin janitor who attempted to assassinate US Democratic Party presidential candidate George Wallace on 15 May 1972 in Maryland. Bremer succeeded in paralyzing Wallace from the waist down, and he was sentenced to 63 years in prison; he only served 35 years.

Biography
Arthur Bremer was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 21 August 1950 to a working-class family. Bremer was isolated at school due to his antisocial behavior, and he developed emotional problems and schizophrenia. Bremer worked as a busboy at the Milwaukee Athletic Club fron the age of nineteen, and he had a relationship with a sixteen-year-old girl. However, his weird behavior led to her breaking up with him, and Bremer would quit both of his jobs. In 1972, he decided to assassinate President Richard Nixon at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa, Canada. On 10 April 1972, he attempted to assassinate Richard Nixon with a revolver concealed in his business suit, but he could not find an opportunity to shoot the heavily-guarded president. He decided to give up his plans to kill Nixon, instead focusing on assassinating US Democratic Party presidential candidate George Wallace. On 9 May, he joined Wallace's presidential campaign as a volunteer, attending his rallies. On 15 May 1972, he drove to a Wallace rally in Wheaton Plaza in Wheaton, Maryland, where he shot Wallace four times with a revolver. Bremer suffered a head wound during the scuffle with the crowd and the Secret Service agents, and he was sentenced to 63 years in prison by a federal court. He was released in 2007 after completing almost 36 years of his prison sentence.